High Leverage Practices for Intensive Interventions

Introduction  Section I: Collaboration High Leverage Practices  1. Collaborate with Professionals to Iincrease Student Success  2. Organize and Facilitate Effective Meetings with Professionals and Families  3. Collaborate with Families to Support Student Learning and Secure Needed Services  Section II: Assessment High Leverage Practices  4. Use Multiple Sources of Information to Develop a Comprehensive Understanding of a Student?s Strengths and Needs  5. Interpret and Communicate Assessment Iinformation with Stakeholders to Collaboratively Design and Implement Educational Programs  6. Use Student Assessment Data, Analyze Instructional Practices, and Make Necessary Adjustments that Improve Student Outcomes  Section III: Social/Emotional/Behavioral High Leverage Practices  7. Establish a Consistent, Organized, Respectful Learning Environment  8. Provide Positive and Constructive Feedback to Guide Students? Learning and Behavior  9. Teach Social Behaviors  10. Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments to Develop Individual Student Behavior Support Plans  Section IV: Instruction High Leverage Practices  11. Identify and Prioritize Long- and Short-term Learning Goals  12. Systematically Design Instruction Toward a Specific Learning Goal  13. Adapt Curriculum Tasks and Materials for Specific Learning Goals  14. Teach Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies to Support Learning and Independence  15. Provide Scaffolded Supports  16. Use Explicit Instruction  17. Use Flexible Grouping  18. Use Strategies to Promote Active Student Engagement  19. Use Assistive and Instructional Technologies  20. Provide Intensive Instruction  21. Teach Students to Maintain and Generalize New Learning Across Time and Settings  22. Provide Positive and Constructive Feedback to Guide Students? Learning and Behavior  23. Learning to Use HLPs for Intensive Interventions: Reflections for Teachers, School Leaders, and Teacher Educators